March 5, 2015 I The Lovell Chronicle I 11
BY DAVID PECK
After being red hot and
fired up in a beat-down of
the Wyoming Indian Chiefs
Friday night, the Rocky
Mountain Grizzlies weren't
quite on their game in Sat-
urday afternoon's regional
championship game, falling
to 3A Northwest rival Grey-
bull 65-54 to place second.
Although they played
hard, the Grizz didn't seem
to have the same fire as the
night before, and Greybull
also played with a will to
win, Rocky coach Michael
Simmons said.
"They played a good
game," Simmons said of
the Buffaloes. "The 50-50
balls we got the night be-
fore it seemed like Grey-
bull got them on this night.
They seemed one step
quicker than we were. And
our defense, as good as it
was Thursday and Friday,
wasn't as solid Saturday."
Simmons noted that
the team that gets the lead
also gets to control the tem-
po, in general, and Grey-
bull did a good job of play-
ing their style of basketball.
"I credit Greybull," he
said. "Their guards did
a good job and hit free
throws. They did every-
thing they needed to do to
win a game like that.
"We only went to the
line eight times (Greybull
19 times). We need to make
adjustments and hope to
see them Saturday night at
an all-Northwest final (at
State)."
The two teams trad-
ed baskets early, but af-
ter the score was tied 7-7,
Greybull closed the first
quarter with a 10-3 run to
lead 17-10 at the break.
The Buffs increased the
lead to 12 points midway
through the second quar-
ter, 25-13, but the Grizzlies
closed the gap to 9, 29-20,
as Cole Simmons drained
a three-pointer and Kir-
by Winland scored two
baskets.
Rocky finished the half
on a 10-4 run fueled by
treys by Tanner Coleman,
Canfion Simmons and Cole
Wambeke to trail 33-30 at
half time.
It looked like the Griz-
zlies were going to take
control of the game in the
third quarter as they start-
ed the second half with a
9-0 run to lead 39-35. Cole
Simmons knocked down a
trey, Winland slashed for
two and Cannon Simmons
converted two steals into
points. But with Rocky up
41-37, Greybull closed the
third with a 7-0 burst that
included a trey at the buzz-
er by Wyatt Nielsen. Grey-
bull led 44-41 at the quar-
ter break.
Greybull took control
of the game in the fourth
quarter and then hit free
throws down the stretch.
After an inside bucket by
Bill Despain brought the
Grizz close at 46-45, Grey-
bull went on a 9-3 run to
lead 55-48 with two min-
utes to play. Despain hit
back-to-back treys for
Lovell, but Greybull closed
the game by hitting nine of
13 attempts at the foul line
DAVID PECK
Senior Kirby Winland rises for a jumper against Greybulrs Jordan Jackson
and Treston Tracy d mg Saturday night's regional championship game in
Riverton.
to win 65-54.
Winland had an active
game for the Grizzlies, fin-
ishing with 12 points, six
rebounds, five assists, three
steals and three blocked
shots. Cannon Simmons
added 11 points, Despain
10 points and five rebounds
and Cole Simmons 8 points
and four assists.
GREYBULL (65)
Fabian Davila 4 0-2 8, Wyatt Niel-
sen 1 0-0 3, Calder Forcella 2 5-6
9, Jordan Jackson 4 2-2 10, Ryan
Sylvester 3 2-2 8, Cade Dooley 2
1-2 5, Zach Zeller 2 2-3 6, Dawson
Forcella 1 0-0 2, Treston Tracy 6
2-2 1'4. Totals 25 14-19 65.
ROCKY (54)
John Higgins 0 0-0 0, Cole Sim-
mons 3 0-4 8, Bill Despain 4 0-0
10, Caleb Horrocks 0 1-2 1, Cordell
McFarlane 0 0-0 0, Cannon Sim-
mons 4 1-2 11, Travis Banks 0 0-0
0, Tanner Coleman 2 0-0 6. Totals
21 2-8 54.
Greybull 17 16 11 21-65
Rocky Mt.10 20 11 13-54
Three-point field goals - Nielsen
1; Cole Simmons 2, Despain 2,
Wambeke 2, Cannon Simmons
2, Coleman 2. Fouled out - none.
Total fouls- Greybul113, Rocky 18.
STATE TOURNAMENT
The Grizzlies enter the
state tournament with a
19-5 record and as the high-
est finisher from the year
before making the tourney
this year, with Wyoming
Indian out of the picture.
The Grizz will take
on the third seed from the
East Regional, Tongue Riv-
er, a familiar foe to Big
Horn Basin schools. Rocky
beat Tongue River 63-50 in
their 0nly meeting this sea-
son on Jan. 3 in Cowley,
but the Eagles had some
big wins this year, Sim-
mons said, including wins
over Big Horn and Thermo-
polis, then went 3-1 in the
East Regional, finishing
the tournament with con-
secutive wins over Moor-
croft, 59-49, Big Horn, 55-
52, and Burns, 45-41.
Tip-off of the Rocky-TR
game is set for noon today
(Thursday) at Casper Col-
lege, and Simmons said
the Grizz will be ready and
won't look ahead.
"As much as people
may want to look at the
semifinal game, too many
times teams don't get to
play the semifinal game,"
he said. "The adage that
you play them one game at
a time is always true. To
win the tournament you
have to win three and you
can't have a bump along
the way.
"There are things we
can work on to make our-
selves better. We'll work
on making ourselves the
best we can be and make
Tongue River adjust back
to US."
If the Grizz win, they'll
meet the winner of the Pine
Bluffs-Lyman game at 7:30
p.m. Friday at the Casper
Events Center. Pine Bluffs
(22-1) is the top-ranked
team in the state, and Ly-
man (12-12) won the 2A
Southwest Conference be-
fore going 2-2 at Regionals.
2A West
Boys Division
Thursday, Feb, 26
Rocky 46, Big Piney 30
Wyo. Indian 56, Shoshoni 41
Greybull 56, Wind River 54
Lyman 54, Thermop 40
Friday, Feb. 27
Shoshoni 41, Big Piney 38
Wind River 71, Thermop 53
Losers out
Rocky 60, Wyo. indian 43
Greybull 41, Lyman 28
Saturday, Feb. 26
Wind River 53, Wyo. Indian 49
Lyman 47, Shoshoni 37
Losers out
Third place game:
Wind River 55, Lyman 45
championship game:
Greybull 65, Rocky 54
Girls Division
Thursday, Feb. 26
Thermop 40, Big Piney 29
Wyo. Indian 43, Shoshoni 28
Kemmerer 59, Rocky 44
Lyman 70, Greybull 51
Friday, Feb. 27
Shoshoni 47, Big Piney 23
Greybul149, Rocky 27
Losers out
Wyo. Indian 55, Thermop 50
Lyman 43, Kemmerer 41
Saturday, Feb. 26
Thermop 48, Greybull 38
Shoshoni 51, Kemmerer 45
Losers out
Third place game:
Thermop 48, Shoshoni 43
Championship game:
Lyman 51, Wyo. Indian 48
Kitchen rolls sixth career 300
BY SAM SMITH
Mike Kitchen of Lovell
rolled his sixth career 300
game Tuesday, Feb. 24, in
the Hi-Rollers League at
Rose City Lanes.
Kitchen rolled the 300
in the last game and rolled
a 208 first game and a
184 second game for a 692
series.
"I was really happy to
roll a half-dozen," Kitch-
en said. "Maybe I can roll
another half-dozen before
I'm too old. That's highly
unlikely."
Kitchen averages a
214 Tuesdays for the Rose
City Lanes team and a 216
Thursdays for the Big Horn
Engraving team. He also
averages a 206 Fridays for
the Sammons Excavation
team.
In the Latecomers
League Friday, Feb. 20,
Marie Verdetto rolled 11
strikes in a row for a 290
game.
Verdetto rolled the 11
strikes in a row in the sec-
ond game of the series.
Verdetto averages a
192 Fridays for the Rose
City Lanes team and a 189
Thursdays for the NAGOM
team. He also averages a
201 Tuesdays for the Mav-
erik team.
Fuller earns All-State honors
in three events at State
BY SAM SMITH
Seth Fuller, a junior
at Rocky Mountain High
School, earned All-State
honors in the 100-yard
freestyle, the 100-yard
backstroke and in the 200
freestyle relay team for
the Powell Panther boys
swimming team at the 3A
State Swimming meet Fri-
day-Saturday in Gillette.
Fuller placed third
in the 100-yard freestyle
(50.25 seconds) and third
in the 100-yard backstroke
(58.37). He also participat-
ed on the 200-yard medley
relay team that placed third
with a time of 1:46.01 and
on the 200-yard freestyle
relay team that placed sec-
end with a time of 1:32.25.
"Seth Fuller added his
name in the 100 free with
a time of 50.25 giving him
the fifth fastest time in
PHS history and narrowly
missed the 100 back time by
one 10th of a second," coach
Jerry Rodrigruez said.
Jared Fuller, a fresh-
man at Rocky, competed
in the 500-yard freestyle
and finished the event with
a time of 6:25.01 and also
competed in the 100-yard
backstroke with a time of
1:11.32.
Powell took second at
the state meet with 185
points behind 19-time state
champion Lander with 377
points.
Lady Bulldq
JVs win two to
wrap up season
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell Lady Bull-
dogs junior varsity basket-
ball squad picked up two
wins by defeating Land-
er at home Friday and the
Lady Panthers Saturday in
Powell.
Lovell defeated Lander
in a thriller 38-35 at home
Friday.
Both teams scored 13
points each in the first quar-
ter and nine points in the
second to keep things tied
up at 22-22 at intermission.
The Lady Bulldogs won
the third quarter with a 9-6
advantage and tied with
the Lady Tigers 7-7 in the
fourth to win by three.
Emily Snell and Eriko
Arimura poured in 12
points each for Lovell and
Kaitlyn Mickelson and Sara
Clark added 4 apiece, Trysa
Flood, Shelby Wardell and
Miranda May 2 each.
The Lady Bulldogs
crushed Powell 41-19 Sat-
urday in Powell to finish
the season at 8-11.
Lovell outscored Powell
24-5 in the first half and 17-
14 in the second.
Wardell scored 9 Points
for the Lady Bulldogs and
Mikkel McIntosh added 7,
Snell and Arimura 6 each,
Clark 5, Mickelson 4 and
Flood and May 2 apiece.
The Lady Bulldogs JV
team was coached by Dave
Scheffler.
2A Boys State Basketball Tournament March 5-7, 2015, Casper
#2W Rocky Mountain
#3E Tongue River
#1E Pine Bluffs
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315 - 1:30 pm
CO
/t-4W Lyman
#2E Niobrara Co.
Game 14 t
315 - 7:30 pm
CO
#3W Wind River
#1W Greybull
Game 16 I
315- 9
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Game 30
316 - 7:30 pm
EC
Game 32
316 - 9 pm
EC
Game 44
3/7- Follows 2A Girls
EC
Champions
Loser Galne 30
Game 40
317 " 3 pm, CO
Loser Game 32
3rd Place
Loser Game 6
Game 22
316 - 12 pm, EC ..................
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Game 37
317 - 12 pm, EC
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Game 24
316 - 1:30 pro, EC ..................
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